
By Jason Schwarz : We've moved from an Apple hedge fund playground to a market battleground. Heading into the 3-day weekend, there is a serious tug of war between Europe and Apple. Making a European forecast at this stage of the game is enough to make one dizzy. Greece has no official governing ...
industry. In fact, since the world record was broken, LinkedIn's stock has surged roughly 7.5% while the Dow Jones ( DIA ) is flat. Other social stocks such as Facebook ( FB ), Zynga ( ZNGA ) and Pandora ( P ) are down 12%, up 1.5%, and up
By Jeffrey Dow Jones : I confess. I am a contrarian. Maybe you've heard of us. We are the ones who ask, when things have gone very far in one direction and the general consensus is that they'll go even further, "perhaps it's time for a change ?" We are a minority (by definition), but not always a
By The Simple Accountant : The tone of the financial markets went from somber to just plain ugly last week, as investors began to cut risk positions in earnest. What seemed like an orderly retreat earlier in May began to look like across the board liquidation, leaving many of us to ask, what now?
By Steven Vincent : Let me start by clarifying something. I am not saying that the market could crash spectacularly in the next few days and that in that event the Facebook ( FB ) IPO would be a major contributing factor. I am not saying that. The market is saying it. Facebook boosts IPO size by 25
By Investment Directions : Nobody said "buy low" would be so difficult. What looks easy and obvious in a book or on a historic stock chart turns out to be challenging and uncertain. Today's stock market is a good case example, especially with this week's daily drops. Is this the beginning of ...
By Bret Kenwell : With a close today in the negative territory by all three major U.S. indices, many are beginning to feel fear in the markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, now down 11 out of the last 12 trading sessions, closed at 12,442, off approximately 840 points from the yearly high ...
The market is off since early April. Thus far in May, the Dow, as measured by the SPDR Down Jones Industrial Average ETF ( DIA ), is down 3%. Lately, the Dow is in a trading range. For the next two weeks, it likely will stay there, unless some
Syriza. Thus, it's befitting that the market took another dive Tuesday, with the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA ) off 0.6%, the SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY ) down 0.8% and the PowerShares QQQ (Nasdaq: QQQ ) retracting 0.3
By Russ Koesterich : Executive Summary Demographics exert a significant influence on both economies and financial markets, an impact that will grow in the coming years. The graying of the developed world is hitting an inflection point and is forecast to accelerate. While we don't necessarily ...